WatchWarehouse welcomes Neil Smith to the team

WatchWarehouse has announced the appointment of experienced watch buyer Neil Smith as buying and merchandising manager. The growth of the team is part of plans to develop the business.

Smith has previously held buying and merchandising roles at retailers including H Samuel and Amazon.

WatchWarehouse e-commerce director David Epstein said that Smith will bring valuable experience to the team.

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Talking about his new position, Smith said that WatchWarehouse is a growing business and that the buying and merchandising manager role will be a good opportunity to have "real influence on a business". He added: "Many people already know me in the industry and I will look forward to reacquainting myself with some old colleagues".

Also commenting on the appointment, WatchWarehouse MD Craig Rebuck said: "Along with the recent appointment of Darren Liepnik as retail operations manager, we now have a very focused and experienced management team that will support the next step of our growth. Over the next few months we expect to start phase two of our business development and are excited at the possibilities."